BARBADOS BLOCK STAMPS 1953 Coronation Issue Sc 234. SG 302 MINT NH THOMAS DE LA

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BARBADOS BLOCK STAMP
BLOCK OF 6
1953 Coronation Issue
MINT NEVER HINGED (MNH)
DENOMINATION: 4 CENTS
PRINTER: THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED
Era: ELIZABETH II (1952 - Now)
CARIBBEAN, WEST INDIES
Same Stamp with Different Stamp Numbering System:
Scott Number: 234  or Sc #234
Stanley Gibbons: 302 or SG #302
Barbados
Barbados
is an
island country
inthe
Lesser Antilles
of the
West Indies
, inthe
Caribbean
region of
North America
. It is34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width,covering an area of 432 km
2
(167 sq mi). It isin the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km (62 mi) east ofthe
Windward Islands
and the
Caribbean Sea
;
[7]
therein, Barbados is themost easterly of the Caribbean Islands. Barbados is east of the Windwards, partof the Lesser Antilles, roughly at
13°N
ofthe
equator
. It is about 168 km(104 mi) east of both the countries of
Saint Lucia
and
SaintVincent and the Grenadines
and 180 km(110 mi) south-east of
Martinique
and 400 km(250 mi) north-east of
Trinidad and Tobago
.Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic
hurricane belt
. Its capital and largestcity is
Bridgetown
.
Inhabited by
Kalinago
people since the 13thcentury, and prior to that by other
Amerindians
, Barbados was visited by Spanishnavigators in the late 15th century and claimed for the
Spanish Crown
. Itfirst appeared on a Spanish map in 1511.
[8]
The
Portuguese Empire
claimedthe island between 1532 and 1536, but later abandoned it in 1620 with theironly remnants being an introduction of wild boars for a good supply of meatwhenever the island was visited. An
English
ship,the
Olive Blossom
, arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625; its men tookpossession of it in the name of
King James I
. In 1627, the firstpermanent settlers arrived from England, and it became an
English
andlater
Britishcolony
.
[9]
As a wealthy sugar colony,it became an English centre of the
African slave trade
untilthat trade was outlawed by the
Slave Trade Act 1807
, withfinal emancipation of slaves in Barbados occurring over a period of years followingthe
SlaveryAbolition Act 1833
.
On 30 November 1966, Barbados became an independent stateand
Commonwealth realm
with
Elizabeth II
as
its queen
,
[10]
though the country is setto remove her as its head of state and become a republic by 30 November 2021.
[11]
It has a population of287,010 people, predominantly of African descent. Despite being classified asan Atlantic island, Barbados is considered to be a part of the Caribbean, whereit is ranked as a leading tourist destination. Of the tourists, 40% come fromthe UK, with the US and Canada making up the next large groups of visitors tothe island.
[12]
Etymology
The name "Barbados" is from either the
Portuguese
term
os barbudos
or the
Spanish
equivalent,
los barbudos
, both meaning "the beardedones". It is unclear whether "bearded" refers to the long,hanging roots of the bearded
fig-tree
(
Ficus citrifolia
),indigenous to the island, or to the allegedly bearded
Caribs
whoonce inhabited the island, or, more fancifully, to a visual impression of a beardformed by the sea foam that sprays over the outlying reefs. In 1519, a mapproduced by the
Genoese
mapmaker
Visconte Maggiolo
showedand named Barbados in its correct position. Furthermore, the island of
Barbuda
in the
Leewards
isvery similar in name and was once named "
Las Barbudas
" by the Spanish.
The original name for Barbados in the
Pre-Columbian era
was
Ichirouganaim
,according to accounts by descendants of the indigenous
Arawakan
-speakingtribes in other regional areas, with possible translations including "Redland with white teeth"
[13]
or "Redstone islandwith teeth outside (reefs)"
[14]
or simply"Teeth".
[15]
[16]
[17]
Colloquially, Barbadians refer to their home island as"Bim" or other nicknames associated with Barbados, including"Bimshire". The origin is uncertain, but several theories exist.The
NationalCultural Foundation
of Barbados says that "Bim"was a word commonly used by
slaves
, andthat it derives from the
Igbo
term
bém
from
bémụ́
meaning 'my home, kindred, kind',
[18]
the Igbo phoneme inthe Igbo orthography is very close to
/ɪ/
.
[19]
The name could have arisendue to the relatively large percentage of enslaved
Igbo people
frommodern-day southeastern
Nigeria
arriving in Barbados in the18th century.
[20]
[21]
The words 'Bim' and'Bimshire' are recorded in the
Oxford EnglishDictionary
and
Chambers TwentiethCentury Dictionaries
. Another possible source for'Bim' is reported to be in the
Agricultural Reporter
of 25April 1868, where the Rev. N. Greenidge (father of one of the island's mostfamous scholars,
Abel Hendy JonesGreenidge
) suggested the listing of Bimshire as a county of England.Expressly named were "Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire and Bimshire".
[18]
Lastly, in the
DailyArgosy
(of Demerara, i.e. Guyana) of 1652, there is a reference to Bimas a possible corruption of 'Byam', the name of a Royalist leader against theParliamentarians. That source suggested the followers of Byam became known as'Bims' and that this became a word for all Barbadians.
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